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the chances are we should have to because the six waited longer than we should have and it's the next election cycle or partisanship for the public interest has already taken and economic toll on what could have been because the bottom line is not only do we have to put these kind of savings policies in place, we have to be thoughtful about how we do them and when we are talking about spending, we have to think about how we not only bring spending down, but we readjust and prioritize and the budget completely emphasizes consumption instead of assumption. we need to turn that on its head and when we talk about revenue there is no question that was an aging population you have to bring in more revenue than you have in the past but if you do that in the same outdated anti-competitive tax system if you use this opportunity and you are bold about tax reform that we need on the individual and corporate side to open up our economic system you can do this in a way that is good for the economy so we have hard choices to make and we should give ourselves the time to put the policies in place that deal w
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and taken together, they actually believed on election day, election night into the evening, that mitt romney was going to win. and anybody that had a counterveiling opinion, well, was either a leftist or if you're a republican actually telling the truth, you're a rhino. in the end, we were correct, that they were disconnected from the political reality of middle america. the same thing is happening again here where you've got members in the house of representatives, some democrats, some republicans, looking at this through a very old lens. they need to get new political glasses. newtown changed everything. 20 first grade children being lined up and gunned down and killed the way they were killed changed everything. the republican party and some conservative democrats haven't responded in a meaningful way since then. and so republicans really have a choice in the house of representatives. this may shock some of them, but roll the tape two years from now. they can either pass a comprehensive gun control package right now and shape it under speaker boehner, or they can wait two years whe
and taken together, they actually believed on election day, election night into the evening, that mitt romney was going to win. and anybody that had a counterveiling opinion, well, was either a leftist or if you're a republican actually telling the truth, you're a rhino. in the end, we were correct, that they were disconnected from the political reality of middle america. the same thing is happening again here where you've got members in the house of representatives, some democrats, some...
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so they waited six weeks until after the november election, and then they did it. and now, after considerable pushback from the department of homeland security saying that was categorically false. it turns out maybe not so false. joining me now michael graham, a boston herald columnist, a new england talk show host he's been following this. welcome back. >> and living in massachusetts we call that a thursday. the political friendships turning out to keep you out of jail happen all the time and it's truly outrageous, it bugs normal people because what happens to you if like you have a paper work error and happened to me a few years ago and your license is suspended, you didn't know it and you get pulled over and you're going to jail, jail-jail over a piece of paper work. here is a guy, here illegally and sex offender and working on capitol hill and the department of homeland security affirmatively steps in not only are we not going to treat this guy like the criminal he is, we're going to give him treatment as if it was a minor paper work violation. >> megyn: when t
so they waited six weeks until after the november election, and then they did it. and now, after considerable pushback from the department of homeland security saying that was categorically false. it turns out maybe not so false. joining me now michael graham, a boston herald columnist, a new england talk show host he's been following this. welcome back. >> and living in massachusetts we call that a thursday. the political friendships turning out to keep you out of jail happen all the...
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they sky rocketed again in this recent election and well before the tragedies in connecticut. there's a lot of misinformation out there on the part of gun owners. i'm a gun owner. i have a shotgun. i was in the military, i had an m-16 assigned to me for most of my career. as the mayor said, who i have great respect for, and the chief just 20 miles from my hometown, the second amendment and the supreme court has spoken. united states constitution has guaranteed a right to bear and keep arms. that doesn't mean it's an absolute right just as you referenced at the first amendment. you cannot yell fire in a crowded theater. justice scalia has spoken eloquently in his opinion that the fact is that you can regulate the types of firearms that are actually -- can be regulated. there has to be common sense approach to this. they are very difficult issues. we propose an assault weapons ban. we also focus on a universal background check, something that those on the far -- >> sorry. if i may, beau, i want to bring in lou palumbo, who has lots of experience in firearms. when you hear people
they sky rocketed again in this recent election and well before the tragedies in connecticut. there's a lot of misinformation out there on the part of gun owners. i'm a gun owner. i have a shotgun. i was in the military, i had an m-16 assigned to me for most of my career. as the mayor said, who i have great respect for, and the chief just 20 miles from my hometown, the second amendment and the supreme court has spoken. united states constitution has guaranteed a right to bear and keep arms....
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i'm just saying, he's won two elections with this grassroots organization. >> this is a classic case for political scientists of intensity gap. the people on the nra side, the people who call their guns their babies have felt so strongly about this, they are ready to mobilize on a moment's notice out of a fear the black helicopter is coming and obama is going to come into their house with a magnet and collect all their guns and sell them to communists elsewhere. >> they gain strength. they have 100,000 new members since newtown. they had another surge after the brady bill. they excel in those moments. >> what obama is trying to do here is, again, trying to marginalize, if you want to be that sort of advocate in this, if you want to be a fearmonger, you're out of the mainstream. you're saying things that aren't true and we're going to come right at you, and i think a lot of this is going to depend on whether he can succeed in this mission. bill clinton succeeded in '94 by enlisting cops and police chiefs, saying, listen, we're the mainstream, we're on the streets, we know what's going
i'm just saying, he's won two elections with this grassroots organization. >> this is a classic case for political scientists of intensity gap. the people on the nra side, the people who call their guns their babies have felt so strongly about this, they are ready to mobilize on a moment's notice out of a fear the black helicopter is coming and obama is going to come into their house with a magnet and collect all their guns and sell them to communists elsewhere. >> they gain...
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[applause] >> it gives me great pleasure to introduce a newly-elected colleague from connecticut who will introduce our first witness and that is congresswoman and whose district that sandy hook elementary school resides. we will have all the various members introduce our witnesses then we will proceed with the testimony. >> thank you so much. thanks to all of you for being with us today. as witnesses to what happened in our community of newtown, connecticut and as to a call for action as to what we must do as a country. i'm honored today to introduce janet robinson who has become a good friend, who is a true american hero. for five years she has served as the superintendent of schools in newtown, connecticut. throughout her career she has shown a constant and loving commitment to education and improving the lives of children. in addition to having served as superintendent of schools in three different connecticut communities, janet has served as a teacher, a school counselor, and a school psychologist. i met janet in the fire house which was the emergency center of newtown, connecti
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i also must say, my own could election is that -- my own pre- election is that i hate to see a great deal of -- my own predelection is that i hate to see a great deal of law enforcement on the use of marijuana when we have murder cases, our briefcases, things like that it go and salt. let's see what they come up with -- murder cases, robbery cases, things like that that go unsolved. let's see what they come up with. they have more important things to do. >> on immigration reform, most of the the conversation is around the gang of six for the rubio proposal. >> anything that comes up has to go through the judiciary committee. the primary immigration will come before us. that is why i am having this major hearing. and everybody who has accused, i want to make sure they are heard -- who has views, i want to make sure they are heard. i want to hear from those who are on the seven border states. president george w. bush wanted comprehensive immigration reform. i told him i strongly support him on that. if we -- we don't face this issue in vermont. we don't have comedians crossing the bord
i also must say, my own could election is that -- my own pre- election is that i hate to see a great deal of -- my own predelection is that i hate to see a great deal of law enforcement on the use of marijuana when we have murder cases, our briefcases, things like that it go and salt. let's see what they come up with -- murder cases, robbery cases, things like that that go unsolved. let's see what they come up with. they have more important things to do. >> on immigration reform, most of...
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it is our obligation as elected official, as chief law enforcement officer of my state, it's our responsibility. i think the american people are behind this. american people are demanding it. that's why congress has to act. >> beau, this is nothing new. president bush used this tactic as well. it's always the bully pulpit. the president has the right to invite people to the white house, to talk to people about the issues he's presenting. there's been some pushback, some criticism even about the president bringing forward and using these kids, these children. some of them the letters, obviously, he read in his speech about how they were touched. they were moved by the gun violence. even the massacre in newtown. he had a -- it was even a tribute, really, to a little girl who had died, grace. he had addressed the parents who were in the room at the time. a very emotional moment for the president. i imagine for some of those kids, too, who are getting those high fives after his speech. do you think it is appropriate, do you think that was a good use of the president and his platform in using those
it is our obligation as elected official, as chief law enforcement officer of my state, it's our responsibility. i think the american people are behind this. american people are demanding it. that's why congress has to act. >> beau, this is nothing new. president bush used this tactic as well. it's always the bully pulpit. the president has the right to invite people to the white house, to talk to people about the issues he's presenting. there's been some pushback, some criticism even...
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caller: if the democrats believe it will hurt their election in the mid term election, i will see that happening. i've been getting phone calls from unhappy democrats that live in dangerous districts and they want for able to protect themselves. host: why are you gutting those phone calls? what do you do? caller: basically i know democrats and that's why harry reid -- that's why democrats really haven't been talking about it on television. the house or the senate members because they have constituents that support gun control like harry reid's district. host: yeah. caller: so it's a major issue. now both -- i believe the background checks at the gun shows, there's things that i believe that can pass congress without using executive action. but people, the fear is there and we have to -- george bush, he'd done it as well, but we have to relinquish the fear, and i think by going through congress and getting it passed by congress, it will be less drama in trying to strip funding from the a.t.f. through congress, through the continuing resolution. host: steven, do you think if president ob
caller: if the democrats believe it will hurt their election in the mid term election, i will see that happening. i've been getting phone calls from unhappy democrats that live in dangerous districts and they want for able to protect themselves. host: why are you gutting those phone calls? what do you do? caller: basically i know democrats and that's why harry reid -- that's why democrats really haven't been talking about it on television. the house or the senate members because they have...
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when i became mayor, when i first put my election, and mexico the term is usually three years. my state is the only state that lasts for years. we decided we needed to change the model and made that a partnership and assign the retired general to become chief of police. a couple of months into the new administration, we had the police force, police officers didn't want to work with the general. and of course we were wondering if it had to do some with low wages for the betterment of the working conditions. the strike was orchestrated and they didn't want to work under a military chief. we have to take a very tough decision because there was something totally out of our hands. what we did is we decided to fire and to disappear the police officer department. of course after they heard i had taken the decision to disappear, they decided to go back to work and we justify one condition. you can go back to work if you do three things. number one. number two coming take a polygraph and number three can be said that due to an economic investigation and see the way they live. according
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we need to put aside the election and heal the wounds of this election. and so in his election jefferson says we are all federalist now, we are all republicans. we are all americans coming together and we are going to work together because the hope that every president has in his inaugural address. but that is one of the main reasons for having this great ceremony each time is to put a cap on the end of the election and to bring this nation back together again for the president's -- for the next president's term. well, now you've got the government in washington. they've established a certain amount of precedence. by the times james is naug rated the capitol -- jamings madison was naug rated there, both of his terms of president. james monroe would have been naug rated in the old statutory hall, the house of representatives at the time. he would have been naug rated there except the british burned the building down in 1814. british troops marched across and came down maryland avenue, burned down the capitol and white house and most other public buildings
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i think the big unknown, is that we're going to have an election in inies rail here next week. we will see how that comes out. if the government of prime minister benjamin netanyahu is returned to power as i think most observers believe, israel has a very difficult decision in the next six to nine months whether they will use military force against the iran nuclear weapon. you can count on the obama administration not using it to the spotlight will be on netanyahu. jenna: ironic you brought up prime minister netanyahu because as we were examining this question what is different this year than last. the prime minister made interesting comments from the u.n. a month ago how different 2013 may be not only for israel and iran but for the rest of the world. let's take a listen to that. >> iran has completed the first stage. took them many years but they completed it and they are 70% of the way there. now they are well into the second stage. and, by next spring, at most, by next summer, at current enrichment rates they will have fin eshed the medium enrichment and move onto the final
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members, and what our elected officials are doing about it. it is going to be up to us, the american public, to close that disconnect and we invite all of you to join us, to make your voices heard, because the one guarantee in this process is, without that, we are not going to get the change that the task force and that the president and the vice president were talking about today. they've done their job, they've shown extraordinary leadership, convening a conversation that's led to a consensus, that's led to a set of solutions, that will not only prevent tragedies like sandy hook, but will also prevent the 10,000 murders that happen every year in our country. the 30,000 gun deaths that happen every year in our country. and now it's up to us to join them, to add the voice of the american public to make these changes a reality. momentous day today. just the beginning, now it's up to us. and now i'd like to invite -- oh, i guess, i don't know if there's further protocol before some of the voices here speak. >> my name is annette and i'm from chi
members, and what our elected officials are doing about it. it is going to be up to us, the american public, to close that disconnect and we invite all of you to join us, to make your voices heard, because the one guarantee in this process is, without that, we are not going to get the change that the task force and that the president and the vice president were talking about today. they've done their job, they've shown extraordinary leadership, convening a conversation that's led to a...
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they had to do this by e elect trail means. they had to win an election. they weren't confidence about that. there was an incredible a. para military violence that went in to. and the results very uneven. thag how they went out of the union. what proceeded that? when you're in a meeting and everything unanimous. don't you get suspicious? i do. there was a lot of back story to how thigh pulled it off. other places the back story showed. in alabama the up country representative just charged they were being run out of the union with that democracy was being completely violated. people in virginia looked tat and said no ordinary farmer has voted for this. they have run us out of the union without the consideration of democratic process. i think it's interesting it's revealing what democracy was and innocent a slave regime in 1860. they called it a democracy. they sometimes often made the case what they wanted was a republican and democracy was mob of course sei. it was part of the reason they wanted out of the union. they didn't like the direction it was going
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[applause] >> now it gives me great pleasure to introduce a newly elected colleague from connecticut who will introduce our first witness and that is congresswoman elizabeth evidenty -- esty from connecticut and in whose district sandy hook elementary school resides. and what we will do is to have all of the various members introduced -- introduce our witnesses and then we will proceed with the testimony. congresswoman esty. >> thank you so much to my good friend rosa delauro. and thanks to all of you for being with us here today as witnesses to what happened in our community of newtown, connecticut, and as a call to action for what we must do as a country. i'm honored today to have the chance to interdues janet robinson who has become a good friend, who is a true american hero who responded in a time of unbelievable tragedy. for five years dr. janet robinson has served as the superintendent of schools in newtown, connecticut. throughout her career she has shown a constant and loving commitment to education and emproving the lives of children. in addition to having served as superint
[applause] >> now it gives me great pleasure to introduce a newly elected colleague from connecticut who will introduce our first witness and that is congresswoman elizabeth evidenty -- esty from connecticut and in whose district sandy hook elementary school resides. and what we will do is to have all of the various members introduced -- introduce our witnesses and then we will proceed with the testimony. congresswoman esty. >> thank you so much to my good friend rosa delauro. and...
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the political organization that got him elected it going to become a nonprofit group. it will be called organizing for america. it will use the supported energy that got the president re-elected to further his second term agenda like gun control and immigration. obama 2012 campaign manager, jim messina will head the committee and it will be separate from the democratic national committee. >>> hillary clinton will step down as secretary of state with a 69% approval rating according to a wall street journal nbc news poll. 25% of those surveyed disapprove of her performance as america's top diplomat. secretary clinton is widely seen as the early favorite to get the democratic mod ford president in 2016. president obama tapped senator john kerry as the next secretary of state. >>> happening today, maryland's governor slated to propose measures to make it easier to cast a vote in maryland. according to the washington post, governor martin o'malley will push for a bill to expand early voting and also to allow maryland residents to register to vote and cast ballots on the sam
the political organization that got him elected it going to become a nonprofit group. it will be called organizing for america. it will use the supported energy that got the president re-elected to further his second term agenda like gun control and immigration. obama 2012 campaign manager, jim messina will head the committee and it will be separate from the democratic national committee. >>> hillary clinton will step down as secretary of state with a 69% approval rating according to a...
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it will use the support and energy that got the president re-elected to further his second term agenda like gun control and immigration. obama 2012 campaign manager, jim messina will head that group. it will be separate from the democratic national committee. >>> hillary clinton will step down as secretary of state with the vast majority of the country approving of the job she's done. an nbc news poll finds that 69% of americans approve of the job she's done while only 25% disapprove. secretary clinton widely seen as the early favorite to get the democratic nod for president in 2016, although she has not said whether she's interested in running. >>> it is now 4:49. feel free to tweet and text away during monday's inauguration. the biggest cell phone carriers are making sure you don't lose service during the inauguration. this is a much bigger issue than it was for the first inauguration four years ago. more than 130 million americans now you have smartphones according to the wireless association. just 41 million had smartphones in 2009. cell phone carriers are encouraging you to send t
it will use the support and energy that got the president re-elected to further his second term agenda like gun control and immigration. obama 2012 campaign manager, jim messina will head that group. it will be separate from the democratic national committee. >>> hillary clinton will step down as secretary of state with the vast majority of the country approving of the job she's done. an nbc news poll finds that 69% of americans approve of the job she's done while only 25% disapprove....
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elections. you know how sometimes you see a story and it seems so for life you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else and you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harpur welcome to the big picture. not your asian day of the ball much more than a point about taking a closer look at president obama's second term be even more true and even more invasions of our privacy can end monday january twenty first as the...
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this is not an easy issue for many elected figures. the mayor chose to set up again and again, bringing other like- minded mayors together. and he did so consistently and his leadership matters now. in colorado and wisconsin and in connecticut, there is a larger envelope to put together common sense things to pevent violence thatun has taken too many lives from us. we believe this issue is of paramount importance and there is no more important responsibility any government has than protecting its citizens. over a 10-year period of time, two of the three cities in america which drove down violent crime have been new york, and also just behind new york, has been baltimore. new york was number two, baltimore was three. so preventing violent crime, keeping assault weapons from the hands of disturbed people -- these are not barometric pressures or weather forces, brought about by the gulf stream. these are human problems. mayor, you will be pleased to hear in maryland we are taking up this issue again and i do believe we shall have success.
this is not an easy issue for many elected figures. the mayor chose to set up again and again, bringing other like- minded mayors together. and he did so consistently and his leadership matters now. in colorado and wisconsin and in connecticut, there is a larger envelope to put together common sense things to pevent violence thatun has taken too many lives from us. we believe this issue is of paramount importance and there is no more important responsibility any government has than protecting...
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i'm guessing you have to do it even before the election is done, right? >> that's true, there are many officials, particularly at those security officials and congressional officials who put the events on the mall together, prepare the security, the logistics, they've been working for over a year, regardless of who's going to be the next president. in terms of this committee that's put together the program, that's taken a couple of months to put together. it's not all done yet, we're pretty much ready to go. but two more days of work and we'll be there. >> i'm sure it will all be ready to go by monday. ben, i have to ask you. what is going on behind you and good on you for still talking over that? >> well, i think you can hear the performers appealing to all demographics. this one appeals to the ben labolt generation, people of my generations. you'll see all kinds of performers throughout the weekend. and behind me, we've got different service stations if you want to give back to your community. you can give back to veterans and military families. you can
i'm guessing you have to do it even before the election is done, right? >> that's true, there are many officials, particularly at those security officials and congressional officials who put the events on the mall together, prepare the security, the logistics, they've been working for over a year, regardless of who's going to be the next president. in terms of this committee that's put together the program, that's taken a couple of months to put together. it's not all done yet, we're...
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. >> they have a big problem in national elections. >> president obama has won the election. >> the president right now has a higher approval rating certainly than congress. >> horrible numbers for congress. >> a pitiful 14%. >> pretty bad numbers on john boehner's report card. >> the debt ceiling is a dangerous game. >> i don't see that as a winner for them. >> don't fight battles you can't win. >> it is a troubled time for the party. >> let's stop for a second. >> let's make clear decisions. >> the republican strategy. >> stop talking about rape. >> don't fight battles you can't win. >> it is a troubled time for the party, get something done. >> we have to be the party of new solutions, we're not just going to be the party of no. >> it is groundhog day. >> the conservatives, the retreat, we've come a long way since. >> i'm ezra klein in for lawrence o'donnell, one of the great moments, when redford having just won the election, sits down on the bed taking it all in. the next few words are not just to ever film junky, pretty much to every political candidate. >> what do we do now? >> what do
. >> they have a big problem in national elections. >> president obama has won the election. >> the president right now has a higher approval rating certainly than congress. >> horrible numbers for congress. >> a pitiful 14%. >> pretty bad numbers on john boehner's report card. >> the debt ceiling is a dangerous game. >> i don't see that as a winner for them. >> don't fight battles you can't win. >> it is a troubled time for the party....
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the region, political storm clouds ar gathering as iran, israel and eight arab countries hold crucial elections this year. >> in every one of them, a new form of right, far, far right is emerging as to change the balance of power. >> reporter: in his first term, barack obama said he was making the middle east peace process a priority, but middle east expert aaron david miller says don't get your hopes up for this term. >> the fact is if you -- if the administration tried to put mahmoud abbas and benjamin netanyahu down together, right now, or in february, at the negotiating table, the gaps between them are so large that they simply cannot be bridged and the u.s., yet again, will be revealed as an emperor without clothes. >> and when we come back, we'll talk to chris lawrence from the pentagon, get new information here about this hostage situation in algeria. this is this north african country where we're now hearing, confirmed by the state department, 40 hostages, being called an act of terror by leon panetta, the defense secretary. as many as seven of them could be americans. more breaking new
the region, political storm clouds ar gathering as iran, israel and eight arab countries hold crucial elections this year. >> in every one of them, a new form of right, far, far right is emerging as to change the balance of power. >> reporter: in his first term, barack obama said he was making the middle east peace process a priority, but middle east expert aaron david miller says don't get your hopes up for this term. >> the fact is if you -- if the administration tried to...
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need to engage more in financial reform and educate themselves better and make it an issue with their elected officials. i wanted to make the book accessible and i had recommendations to help them do that. >> the former head of the federal deposit insurance corporation on the government's role during the crisis. her book is "bull by the horns," sunday night on "q &a." >> [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [video clip] "washington journal"is next. the conversation on reducing gun violence continues. we will ask a gun owners to call in during the first hour and the round table and possible new gun laws. laws.
need to engage more in financial reform and educate themselves better and make it an issue with their elected officials. i wanted to make the book accessible and i had recommendations to help them do that. >> the former head of the federal deposit insurance corporation on the government's role during the crisis. her book is "bull by the horns," sunday night on "q &a." >> [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [video clip] "washington...
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among the republican people who accept the fact that our president and some of our top elected leaders because of the gun violence in this country do deserve special protection. it's certainly their families have always been out of bounds. right? >> absolutely. >> look at the bush twins, the bush daughters. right? >> yeah. i mean i hope that when people hear that dallas many -- that more are offended than think, yeah. >> right: of course, the president's children don't deserve any special protection: it's just so out of -- it's so tone-deaf, i think. and that's been the case with the nra: now when i say say, "nra," i think it's important to distinguish between the executives and the lobbyists and nra members. three-quarters of which think that universal background checks are a good idea who don't think that the second amendment conflicts with having some stronger gun regulations and keeping the guns out of the hand of people who shouldn't have them, criminals and people who have mental illness. and so the average nra member is actually, you know, along with most other americans, in fav
among the republican people who accept the fact that our president and some of our top elected leaders because of the gun violence in this country do deserve special protection. it's certainly their families have always been out of bounds. right? >> absolutely. >> look at the bush twins, the bush daughters. right? >> yeah. i mean i hope that when people hear that dallas many -- that more are offended than think, yeah. >> right: of course, the president's children don't...
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in the 90s, i was in a marginals he then had four contested elections. a few of us were talking yesterday about some of the ads they ran in this contested election. they were difficult. i think we need more of them. but let me be very clear about what my feeling is. there have been some change in the democratic ranks, but compared to the republican ranks, i think there has been considerably less change. i regret that there are far blue dogs within our ranks, but i think the main obstacle to resolving the debt ceiling crisis and moving on to the tensions within the republican conference and to some extent in the senate on the republican side. i said this was some caution. there has been in a sense a radical is nation of the republican conference in the house and i think that the results of that were shown in the difficulty the speaker had in the last few weeks. so, i am not saying there hasn't been any change, and we should perhaps discuss this and we'll debate it. in terms of mainstream america, the republican ranks have changed much more dramatically th
in the 90s, i was in a marginals he then had four contested elections. a few of us were talking yesterday about some of the ads they ran in this contested election. they were difficult. i think we need more of them. but let me be very clear about what my feeling is. there have been some change in the democratic ranks, but compared to the republican ranks, i think there has been considerably less change. i regret that there are far blue dogs within our ranks, but i think the main obstacle to...
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the american people reacted and reacted almost instantly in those of a term elections. in 1994 in the reaction to that assault weapons ban is likely vivid in the memories of senator reid to a perhaps the speaker as well. the speaker's spokesman said if the senate does pass an assault weapons ban the house will take a look at it, but if he does bring it up it would be the third time this year that the speaker would violate the rule requiring him to have at least 50 percent support from his or her own caucus before bringing legislation to the floor. to be clear, he faces an important source. should senator reid decide to send legislation his way, he has a very important ramifications, and it is important to decide just which party he is heading up becse he is at the forefront of what is now a fight on taxes, spending, the size of government cut debt, and no gun-control. it appears to be a fight for the very soul of the republican party. the nra calls the president and its lead is typical. the president calls the nra cowardly. why does this argument matter? the "a-team" wi
the american people reacted and reacted almost instantly in those of a term elections. in 1994 in the reaction to that assault weapons ban is likely vivid in the memories of senator reid to a perhaps the speaker as well. the speaker's spokesman said if the senate does pass an assault weapons ban the house will take a look at it, but if he does bring it up it would be the third time this year that the speaker would violate the rule requiring him to have at least 50 percent support from his or...
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, it is external because of the people who get elected. >> when our nation separated from church and state. what are your thoughts and using the bible, and the words "so help me god" used? >> not only did george bible, but have a after his inauguration, the congress voted to have a church service. it went across to sit paul's chapel in new york board -- they went across to st. paul's chapel in new york, and had a service. there was no first amendment by the at that time. -- at that time. what has happened now is that congress does not vote in these things. presidents choose what to do. since roosevelt's time, presidents have usually gone to a church service on the morning of the inauguration or just before the inauguration. that is personal to them. they choose whatever bible to hold. just like members of congress can choose a family bible or historical bible. when the first muslim was sworn in, he was provided with thomas jefferson's copy of the koran to be sworn in. people choose something appropriate to them. "so help me god" is another issue. i do not think there is anything wron
, it is external because of the people who get elected. >> when our nation separated from church and state. what are your thoughts and using the bible, and the words "so help me god" used? >> not only did george bible, but have a after his inauguration, the congress voted to have a church service. it went across to sit paul's chapel in new york board -- they went across to st. paul's chapel in new york, and had a service. there was no first amendment by the at that time....
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i hope this is an issue for going into the next midterm election, the next off-year election. i think the republicans are going to make this a front and center issue and they are clearly not where the american people are. they can either do it now or i'm telling you, speaker pelosi will do it in two years. >> ra-ra. democrats have been blocking this. democrats in swing states who actually have read the constitution and think that they can go right to the people that infringe. >> like the nra -- >> the democrats aren't the ones blocking this. the democrats aren't the ones -- >> speaker reid, harry reid, the leader of the senate, he's all on board for this, right? just want to make sure. >> i think leader reid is fine with it. in fact, they put out a statement supporting what the president did today. >> in two years, republicans and democrats are going to be measured at the ballot box. a lot is going to happen but the biggest thing that is going to happen is we're going to have time to see what works. not more false promises. >> nothing works, alex. >> is the president, for exam
i hope this is an issue for going into the next midterm election, the next off-year election. i think the republicans are going to make this a front and center issue and they are clearly not where the american people are. they can either do it now or i'm telling you, speaker pelosi will do it in two years. >> ra-ra. democrats have been blocking this. democrats in swing states who actually have read the constitution and think that they can go right to the people that infringe. >>...
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there comes times when those of us who are elected or appointed positions must put the interest of those who we serve, we are privileged to serve above that which might be political ex- pediatric cent or professionally safe. this is one of those times. >> reporter: jooft president laid out tough restrictions for gun ownership. some members of congress expressed a concern for a ban on assault weapons and number of rounds in ammunition clips >>> we learned that one american is dead in the assault on a terror group in algeria. the militants are threatening more attacks as they try to deal for jailed terrorists. fox correspond ends amy come log reports. >> reporter: worn and weary but thankful to be alive. some of the hostages freed from the gas facility in algeria taken over by terrorists embracing after being brought to safety. others taken to a nearby hospital after sustaining injuries during the ordeal. >> it happens so fast. thanks to algerian army. they took good care of us and we were lucky that we were alive. >> reporter: the algerian military has been criticized by some internationa
there comes times when those of us who are elected or appointed positions must put the interest of those who we serve, we are privileged to serve above that which might be political ex- pediatric cent or professionally safe. this is one of those times. >> reporter: jooft president laid out tough restrictions for gun ownership. some members of congress expressed a concern for a ban on assault weapons and number of rounds in ammunition clips >>> we learned that one american is dead...
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there was a presidential election, an inaugust ag. we should come out here and give her that experience with our own 16-year-old daughter. >> reporter: president obama was your senator. >> he was indeed. he and his wife met at my law firm where i work in chicago. >> reporter: that's some great history that you have there. what are you looking forward to today? >> i'm really looking forward to just the experience. i grew up out here and i went to a lot of inaugurations when i was a kid but i haven't been back in a long type. i think it's the pageantry and the excitement. we were downtown yesterday and the buttons and people are thrilled. it's great. >> reporter: you can feel the energy, the excitement in the air. >> it's awesome. >> reporter: speaking of air, you're from chicago. can you notice that joy has no scarf on. i'm completely bundled up. >> got no gloves. >> reporter: i'm a rookie. >> it's balmy. >> reporter: enjoy yourself on this balmy inauguration day. >> absolutely. >> reporter: have a great day. thank so you much. lots of
there was a presidential election, an inaugust ag. we should come out here and give her that experience with our own 16-year-old daughter. >> reporter: president obama was your senator. >> he was indeed. he and his wife met at my law firm where i work in chicago. >> reporter: that's some great history that you have there. what are you looking forward to today? >> i'm really looking forward to just the experience. i grew up out here and i went to a lot of inaugurations...
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it's the re-election of a president but throughout the years there have been big gatherings until it was ronald reagan until january of 1981 who put the inaugural festivities. the big view that we're also so farm with. it's a bipartisan of our -- bipartisan of our former government. there's people who clench teeth who don't like the order. >> i will be heading out there tomorrow to do live coverage for kight. and we hope to talk to you tomorrow in washington, d.c. >> reporter: and -- for ktvu. >> and we hope to talk to you tomorrow in washington, d.c. >> reporter: and bring your coat, tori. it might be pretty cold for us. see you in the next couple of days. >> sounds good. thank you. and you can find jamie's blog. ktvu.com. and ktvu will have live coverage of the inauguration. kin purchase chet will have live reports starting bright and early sunday morning. >>> palo alto -- most lows have come up -- come up a little bit. it will be sunny, nice, mild. high-pressure system really there's areas of low pressure that are coming in from the south, from the west, from the north. it looks l
it's the re-election of a president but throughout the years there have been big gatherings until it was ronald reagan until january of 1981 who put the inaugural festivities. the big view that we're also so farm with. it's a bipartisan of our -- bipartisan of our former government. there's people who clench teeth who don't like the order. >> i will be heading out there tomorrow to do live coverage for kight. and we hope to talk to you tomorrow in washington, d.c. >> reporter: and...
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that's why we elect a president. to lead. and this president showed us again why those of us who worked so hard to get them elected are so proud of his leadership. a president is elected to show the courage that others won't. to stand up to people who intimidate others. you know, to stand, to face down the bullies in our society so as to protect the innocent and the vauler inble. >> now, you said must come from the bottom up, congressman, what do you mean by that? >> well, what i mean is there are 300 of my colleagues in the house who have an a rating from the nra. i think most of them are, frankly, intimidated by the nra because they know that the nra responds not so much to its membership, but to the manufacturers, the people who pay the executive's salaries. and the reason they're intimidated is that the nra has shown that it will spend unlimited amounts of money in their district, whether to defeat them in a primary or a general election, it will come from the outside and they will send out what oftentimes is sal lashs. t
that's why we elect a president. to lead. and this president showed us again why those of us who worked so hard to get them elected are so proud of his leadership. a president is elected to show the courage that others won't. to stand up to people who intimidate others. you know, to stand, to face down the bullies in our society so as to protect the innocent and the vauler inble. >> now, you said must come from the bottom up, congressman, what do you mean by that? >> well, what i...
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>> the president was popular in the re-election, he wa in a difficult fiscal cliff negotiation where he got the tax increases he wanted. the democrats are united but he faces such quick battles particularly over the debt and over gun legislation that he'd like to pursue, there isn't much of a reset, not much of a honeymoon because there's a carryover of toxic atmosphere in washington when it comes to getting big things done. >> you covered the white house about two terms of the bush administration. what does the president, what is the hard reality of his second term in. >> well he builds up a lot of political capital with re-election and that's very freeing for a second term president but the calendar is short. you have a limited amount of time to really drive the agenda and the president would like to get big things done from immigration to energy, but he's going to be facing trench warfare with republicans over the budget, for some time to come. i think that's going to overshadow most of what he does. >> david gregory thanks very much. >>> when "nbc nightly news" continues on this
>> the president was popular in the re-election, he wa in a difficult fiscal cliff negotiation where he got the tax increases he wanted. the democrats are united but he faces such quick battles particularly over the debt and over gun legislation that he'd like to pursue, there isn't much of a reset, not much of a honeymoon because there's a carryover of toxic atmosphere in washington when it comes to getting big things done. >> you covered the white house about two terms of the bush...
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the beltway is fix sated on election process. in the meantime if you want to look into it yourself we have built a toolkit on our website. thank you for being with us lt links on this story at our website. "first look" is up next. >>> good friday morning. right now on "first look," do doping? yes. lance armstrong old oprah it was one big lie he repeated many times. did it hurt him? >>> notre dame's manti te'o talked about the death of his girlfriend twice. but she was never dead because she never existed. >>> preparations for the inauguration are well under way. and back to the future of another kind. >>> good morning. i'm marah schiavocampo. one big lie. that's what lance armstrong said for the first time ever. the seven-time tour de france winner admitted. the world's most famous cyclist talked about the allegations that have been plaguing him for years. this as the justice department extended a deadline as to whether to intervene. kurt gregory has more. >> reporter: a one-word answer. >> did you ever take banned substances to
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and also the public has the chance every two years to express themselves in congressional elections. i supported five candidates that the nra went against this time and four of them won. and think through our mayors coalition against guns, i think what we can do is go to our cog and say, look this is what's happening and let me explain to you why and you can convince them. they're interested in doing a good job from america. if they hear from their constituents, i think they'll change. >> they put out a controversial ad. the nra president you heard him say this is not about them. this is about everybody else's kids who don't have the same elitist -- >> it's hart to understand the management of the nra, what they're thinking. number one, their members, every poll shoes they're in reasonable control. to do an ad to bring the president's kids in is just dumb p.r. you have to be stupid to do that. >> they're the latest hypocrite in that ad. >> i'm sure. two days and a month ago they said -- the nra said the worst thing here is these violent children's games and two days ago they come out
and also the public has the chance every two years to express themselves in congressional elections. i supported five candidates that the nra went against this time and four of them won. and think through our mayors coalition against guns, i think what we can do is go to our cog and say, look this is what's happening and let me explain to you why and you can convince them. they're interested in doing a good job from america. if they hear from their constituents, i think they'll change. >>...
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is on the verge of another four years in the white house, four years without worrying about another election campaign. we're joined live from california now with professor algore. welcome. how has michelle obama approached the role? >> i think she is doing a good job. i could give her an a-plus. we study the first ladies and we study women, actually. so we get a sense of how politics operates on another sort of sphere. and one of the capacities that the first lady, the role of first lady, has is that it offers the person who steps into it the chance to be a symbol. to have a kind of symbolizing function. so if she chooses, the first lady can decide whether she wants to be the face of her husband's administration. personifying it and sending out messages that are psychological and emotional in nature. and i think michelle obama has done that. >> you wonder about, you know, a sense of freedom for the second term. you see her, her new hairdo. do first ladies tend to express more freedom during the second term, once a campaign is over? is there less pressure to conform? >> oh, i think there's a
is on the verge of another four years in the white house, four years without worrying about another election campaign. we're joined live from california now with professor algore. welcome. how has michelle obama approached the role? >> i think she is doing a good job. i could give her an a-plus. we study the first ladies and we study women, actually. so we get a sense of how politics operates on another sort of sphere. and one of the capacities that the first lady, the role of first lady,...
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hope to learn from the war crimes committed in the past and finally republicans in virginia stuck in election rigging plans for the state senate well everyone has folks focused on the inauguration will tell you what they did and more importantly why they did it and how it speaks to fundamental differences between conservatives and liberals in tonight's daily to. be the best of the rest of the news the same voices well it is sort of a right that i'd say right across the board in today's gun debate have officially exit the stage a week after president obama introduced a series of new gun reforms republican senate leader mitch mcconnell sent e-mail to supporters saying quote you and i are literally surrounded the gun grabbers in the senate are about to launch an all out assault on the second amendment and your rights and your freedom he concluded the email by writing the gun grabbers are in full battle mode and they are serious so so much for trying to have an honest gun debate without with enough fear among the gun constituency but what the nation really needs is an honest debate about what the
hope to learn from the war crimes committed in the past and finally republicans in virginia stuck in election rigging plans for the state senate well everyone has folks focused on the inauguration will tell you what they did and more importantly why they did it and how it speaks to fundamental differences between conservatives and liberals in tonight's daily to. be the best of the rest of the news the same voices well it is sort of a right that i'd say right across the board in today's gun...
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more recently no elected republicans elected a white house screening of "lincoln" last month. had mitch mcconnell, john boehner, lamar alexander attended, they were all invited, they would have joined not only nancy pelosi, harry reid but steven spielberg, tommy lee jones. as tip o'neill famously said about his political foe, ronald reagan, love the sinner. hate the sin. when president reagan would invite the speaker, tip o'neill over to the white house for drinks and raise a glass to one another. there's no shortage of parties planned around inauguration 2013. here is hoping it spills over to the next four years and both sides of the aisle make a move to be more social and more civil. and, hence, more productive. that's "hardball" for now. thanks for being with us. "the ed show" with ed schultz, starts right now. >>> good evening, americans. welcome "the ed show" from new york. republicans are raising the white flag. this is "the ed show." let's get to work. >> they will not collect a ransom in exchange for not crashing the american economy. >> the republican game of chicken
more recently no elected republicans elected a white house screening of "lincoln" last month. had mitch mcconnell, john boehner, lamar alexander attended, they were all invited, they would have joined not only nancy pelosi, harry reid but steven spielberg, tommy lee jones. as tip o'neill famously said about his political foe, ronald reagan, love the sinner. hate the sin. when president reagan would invite the speaker, tip o'neill over to the white house for drinks and raise a glass to...
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this was the major issue in the 1800 election, major issue of the 1828 election, andrew jackson versus junk with the items. this question if i read one nation or of the adventures he? this is a divided federalists into antifederalists and supporting the constitution. it's a divided federalists and republicans, with divided the waves and democrats are the next generation. we've always had some people who see the united states primarily in compact with each other and other people who see it as a union and the state administrative districts union. the idea that the founders had a coherent position about state rights, the dolphins have the same thing requires you to pretend we didn't have elections back then because that's what their actions for about. different parties wanted different things. i think that generally the southerners were more confederated. they savas morrisey compact states. the northerners were more a nation. hamilton was almost a monarchists. i mean, hamilton saw this very much as a union. i think that there was about the founders the founders a strong belief. when i rea
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i know the coalition that elected me. if you keep the noise up, if you keep talking about this, i'll take care of you. i will watch for you. and he wasn't tossing them all under the bus. this was not a hey, i know you elected me, but now i can't do much for you. >> was it partisan? >> no. i mean, the thing is, we use the word partisan in the wrong way. >> but these are clearly principles that the republicans have seriously opposed and struggled with throughout. which would bring them to the conclusion that it was partisan. >> look, the republican party had a session down in virginia last week where they were talking about how they have to change, how they got to get their act together. they were told that by pollsters, by all sorts of messaging people. and so their partisanship is not of a standard that i think even they recognize as a wise one. they may whine about partisanship. >> the president echoed another second president's inaugural speech, and that was fdr in 1937. here it is. >> the test of our progress is not wh
i know the coalition that elected me. if you keep the noise up, if you keep talking about this, i'll take care of you. i will watch for you. and he wasn't tossing them all under the bus. this was not a hey, i know you elected me, but now i can't do much for you. >> was it partisan? >> no. i mean, the thing is, we use the word partisan in the wrong way. >> but these are clearly principles that the republicans have seriously opposed and struggled with throughout. which would...
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the political organization that helped him get elected is going to be become a nonprofit group. democratic leaders say it will be called "organizing for america." it will use the support and energy that got the president re-elected to further his second term agenda like gun control and immigration. obama 2012 joim messi that will head the committee. it will be separate from the democratic national committee. >>> and here's your forecast. here's tom kierein who i think is on the weather deck. are you? yes, you are. >> i can't believe you're make meg stand out here, barbara. >> what's going on out there, tom? what does us look like? is it still as cold as it was this morning? >> it's colder. when we started at 4:00 this morning it was warmer than it is now here. just past 11:30 on this friday morning, gorgeous, satin blue sky over the region but we have some gusty winds. there's a live view from the city camera and it's so great to see the sun. it's been a week since we've seen the is up it seems and actually all the days this week, since sunday afternoon, have been cloudy and we
the political organization that helped him get elected is going to be become a nonprofit group. democratic leaders say it will be called "organizing for america." it will use the support and energy that got the president re-elected to further his second term agenda like gun control and immigration. obama 2012 joim messi that will head the committee. it will be separate from the democratic national committee. >>> and here's your forecast. here's tom kierein who i think is on...